Spotify Adds Personalized Weekly New Music ‘Release Radar’ Playlists, And It’s Great News For Artists, Labels

If you like their popular Discover Weekly playlists, but also want to stay abreast of new releases by your favorite artists and some you're likely to want to hear, than Spotify's new weekly "Release Radar" playlist is for you.

With Release Radar, Spotify gives users a weekly selection of new releases that matter most to them. Updated every Friday (the new international music release date, Release Radar provides up to two hours of new music from their favorite artists alongside new discoveries based on their listening habits.

New Release Promotion & Data

As an artist or label, this means it’s important to get fans to follow you on Spotify. Any new releases are automatically added to every follower’s Release Radar — so the more followers you have, the more fans will know about the new release.

Spotify will start including data from the playlist in an artist 's Fan Insights dashboard after their next release.

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